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mcdonald's hamburgers are the worst. they are worse than burger king. a big mac has 26 grams of fat, a quarter pounder has 28 grams of fat.

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Fat isn't necessarily bad. It depends on the type of fat and the individuals caloric macro nutrient profile. The notion that fat is outright bad was conjured up decades ago and has since been shown to be false.

Some fats are healthy. However, I would not be surprised if the fats found in McDonald's are predominantly unhealthy.

To add to this, everytime I eat at Burger King I'm amazed at how god damn /salty/ it is compared to McDonald's. The saltiness isn't immediately obvious, but any day I have a a BK burger for lunch I end up drinking several huge cups of water throughout the day because of all the salt.

Over consumption of salt is far more harmful to one's health than over consumption of fat in general, as far as I'm concerned.

Salt is just below sugar on the list of nuclear bombs you can detonate in your body.

Too much salt is indeed bad. But too little is also. Especially in hot climates.

Perhaps higher salt masks a lack of flavour and the resulting thirst leads to increased sales of high margin drinks.

Wow, a no context Wesley Willis quote is the last thing I expected to read in this comments section.

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago!

Wheaties, breakfast of champions!

stop caring about fat, the problem is sugar

Rock on Chicago

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